class action lawsuit

I would be interested in participating in anything that will get these products off the market. I have one cat in the hospital and another they may end up there today all due to Hartz Plus Flea and Tick drops.
What a horrid experience watching your beautiful cat tremor and seizure and fear of losing him.
Cherry Hill, NJ
Kathy Gilmour

Definitely interested. I have been dealing with Hartz since April 2012. Hartz is stating my vet and pathologist are incorrect! Makes me ill when I see the product still on the shelves! NPI stated that as long as Hartz can keep the registration on the product and Hartz is making money, Hartz will not pull it from the shelves. Really sad pets are suffering and dying. I am not giving up! Please keep me informed.

Please contact me if you decide to do this. As I lost a beloved dog due to this product. If I had any inclination what so ever I would of NEVER used this product on her. We were going on a trip to my brothers in Steelville and I decided to use the Hartz flea drops on her neck as she is an indoor dog and I did not want her to get fleas or ticks while we were on his property, unfortunately none of us ever made the trip as she became very very sick. And we ended up at Webster Groves Animal Hospital in the middle of the night where they bathed her and claimed she was having a bad reaction to the flea drops I used on her neck. We brought her home and she passed away the nest day. Broke our family up. Absolutely gut wrenching… Literally makes me sick to my stomach, had I even known. Now when I see someone purchasing this product I speak up very quickly and repeat my story to them.
SOMEONE: please take this product off of the shelves.

Please let me know about this. We had to have our cat put to sleep due to reactions to the flea medicine. My story is posted on here under toby may not make it and there was another one too cant remember what I named it though

Applied Hartz flea and tick product to my cat . He had severe vomiting, dehydration,unable to eat or drink. When we made an emergency visit to the vet we were told never to use Hartz ( it was also written on his chart )Hartz denies that their product was the cause

Ok so treated all five of my dogs with sergent’s squeeze on flae and tick ( same company own both them and hartz). The GF’s cat got fleas some how so i was being preventive. The fleas would of been better! Two of my dogs became sick. My 13yr shepard vomited a few time and seems to be just fine. But my 3 yr old American Bull terrier is NOT! She has not been able to hold down and food or water for allmost 30 hrs. She is at the vet on IV’s with blod work and meds to help get her corrected. The er vet siad they see this stuff causing dogs and cats issuse often. My dog will be fine and expected to recover fully but it only took 900.00 worth of care to make that happen. I am on board if you get something started againnst Harzt. I will save all the medical records from this visit just in case they would be of any help to you.
Glenn

I WILL GLADLY JOIN YOU ON THIS!! WE NEED TO GET A PETITION STARTED AND THEN TAKE THESE A$$H@LES TO COURT!!!! I AM JUST OUTRAGED AT WHAT MY POOR DOG IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW!!!!!!

Treated a neighborhood kept thinking I was doing a good thing. The cat started shaking violently today and I can’t find them. Harts killed it.

I PURCHASED HARTZ FLEA PRODUCT FROM WALMART IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. TWO OF MY CATS NOW HAVE HAIR LOSS AND SCABS ON THEIR SKIN. ONE OF THE CATS HAVE EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS AND THE OTHER CAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS GASP FOR AIR. MY CATS ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN HEALTHY CATS WHO VISITS THE VET REGULARLY. THIS COMPANY NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN ASAP!

My family would back this 100%. Our family dog, Teddy Bear, was unable to walk after a bath using Hartz dog shampoo. There is no way these products should be sold to consumers. Too many pets are being poisoned and killed because of a negligent company.

I bought a Hartz flea collar for my cat, Julie, at Walmart yesterday and put it on her about 3 pm. She just laid around all afternoon, sleeping deeply, which was odd. It was like she was a zombie. Finally my husband asked about the new flea collar and I made the connection between it and the way Julie was acting. I immediately cut the collar off and threw it away.

This morning, she was in exactly the same spot as when we went to bed last night (odd, since she’s usually wandering all over the neighborhood at night). I bathed her this morning to wash off any flea collar residue that might be remaining. Now, about an hour later, she is drinking water and nibbling a bit of cat food…but still seems really out of it. No vomiting or seizures, thank goodness. But I will continue to watch her today. Hopefully she will continue to improve slowly.

I just have one more thing to say. Nothing or any amount of money will replace my Daisy and I just want other pet owners and pet lovers to be aware of Hartz aka Hartless products and to please Do Not use as much as a flea collar of theirs. Their animal killing products need to be taken off the market asap. And also if I remember correctly but don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure it was their flea collars were recalled years ago. If so, why are they still allowed to be able sell any of their disgusting products? In fact I sent my son for flea drops for my Oldde English Bulldog yesterday and he was going to buy the crap everyone is talking about. Thank GOD I stopped him and thank all of you for your info! We need to shut them down so that noone else has to go through what we all went through and save innocent pets lives.

I am DEFINITELY interested. I’ve only just found out about this company’s products. None of my kittens died, but they had severe illness (close to death) because of the kitten milk replacer.

I only documented what happened in a log on the computer. I have no photos or even witnesses. All I can do is to witness what happened to my animals. But if that’s useful to a lawsuit, I’m in.

Most of all, I’d like to know what the component in the products is that causes these problems! I mean, it’s obvious that they have no quality control, but there is actually something wrong with these products – all of them! – and we need to find out what it is.

I only have a few veterinarians that I have worked with whom I can talk to about this. That would be two regular vet practices and also a vet whom the shelter hires to come in and do spay/neuter occasionally. I have worked fairly closely with that vet; she is knowledgeable and willing to talk to me on a peer basis. I will tell her, in detail, what went wrong with my kittens and direct her to this site and some others in order to show her how widespread the problem seems to be. And I will ask her what would be required to find out what the poisonous ingredient is.

If I make any progress on determining what ingredient is causing illness and death, I will of course publish that here.

In Michigan, shelters are licensed – and inspected regularly – by the Department of Agriculture. I will be contacting them to discover whether they have had any complaints. Who else can I call or write? Any suggestions?

Okay. To sum up: I will A) talk to a veterinarian about how to find the poison and B) inquire at Dept of Ag as to whether there have been any complaints about Hartz products. I’ll post back here again if I have any information to share.
Alice J

I am so sad..on Dec 10th..I gave my sweet josie a bath in the hartz flea and tick shampoo..immediately afterwards she could not walk or catch her breath..we immediately called our vet..he had her on oxygen for 50 mins..we were transported her to another vet for a better oxygen procedure when she passed away in my arms..I am just finding this site. When she passed..bubbles came out of her little nostrils..I miss my sweet angel so much and am very upset about her death..I will do anything to get the word out about this product..this is just awful!!

I just brought my cat home from the vets office. After $259 bill because of Hartz flea and tick product. I used the product on him yesterday and noticed after half an hour he was foaming at the mouth. I took him and started scrubbing the area with a damp cloth to get rid of the product, I was hoping the product wasn’t absorbed into the skin. He seems disoriented but was eating and drinking. At 4am in the morning I am rushing my kitten to the bath to soap and clean him because he was acting really weird, so at this point I knew to much of the product was absorbed. Today I had to rush him to the vet where he was given something to counteract the Hartz flea and tick poison. He now has to take muscle relaxers and I don’t know if he is going to make it. The Vet gives me hope but I am praying he isn’t brain damaged because of the product. This company shouldn’t sell collars not alone these products. God help them if they are pet owners. It’s not always about the almighty dollar. You are killing members of our family!!! Shame on you!

I am definitely interested! We used Hartz UltraGuard Flea & Tick collars on our two beloved cats in Nov 2011. Before too long they both went into horrendous seizures and after 96 hrs in the vet’s ICU, our male, Tigger, was gone, a horrible death. He’d had the collar on longer than Abby.. 2 weeks to her 1 week. It’s a miracle she survived. We are heart broken and determined to DO something about this atrocity that’s allowed to be sold as “safe”, yet it’s killing thousands and thousands of pets!! They should at least have to pay the $1200 vet bill! Our vet was infuriated and called Hartz’ toxicologist herself — TWICE! She even wrote a pretty sharp letter to Hartz for us to include with OUR packet of “evidence” and complaint/protest to Hartz.. no response at all, of course.

QUESTION: Is there a statue of limitations for this type of thing, since Tigger died in Nov 2011.. over a year ago. So if possible, YES, we’d like to be a part of a class action suit.

I would be interested in Joining if it isnt too late. My one of my Kittens were killed by the Hartz KMR, and the other three made very week, one fell to seizures. as soon as I swithched the Kitten formula to another brand they got better, Im glad the kittens didnt like eating the stuff, it was poison.

I would love to get in on this class action suit. My beloved cat milo is going through seizures right cause this horrible HARTZ product was applied to him…we have washed him with soap and water and praying for the best.

i lost my beloved Shadow to massive seizures on june 30, 2011
just before taking her out for her morning stroll i put on a new hartz flea collar and the hartz drops as there were lots of ferrile cats where we lived and i didn’t want her to get fleas
we went out back for her to do her business she went to the right went pee then to the left to her fav bush to do her poop when she was done i called her “Shadow time to go home” she turned looked at me then went down in a massive seizure
i was mortified and didn’t know what was wrong
before taking her to the vet i took off all her collars so she wouldn’t choke wrapped her in a blanket and off we went
they didn’t know what was going on with her so they sedated her to calm her down
several tests were done and he said she was healthy as an ox bright eyes nice gums good heart lungs liver kidney everything was good on her
she was a gorgeous black lab
after she was sedated for 2 hrs they decided to bring her out hoping the seizure had stopped
as she was waking up i looked into her eyes and said “shadow don’t leave me i need u” within a minute she started seizing again and a scream came out of her so loud i started to cry again it seemed like she was in so much pain she just kept on screaming and screaming
the vet said she was having a gran mal seizure again and there was no coming out of it so i told him to end her pain
within minutes my best friend my companion for 9 yrs and my only heart had left me
she was quiet never to hurt again but my heart was breaking into a million pieces
i thought it was caused by the black mold in the apt i lived in but nothing showed in her lungs and i was stumped until i read these stories
going from a healthy happy dog within an hr was in the vet then 5 hrs later was gone
HOW IS THIS ALLOWED TO HURT PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAVE A PET TO GIVE THEIR LOVE TO AND TO COMFORT THEM UNCONDITIONALLY
THIS HAS TO STOP

I would participate! [email protected]

I just found chemical burns and missing fur around bothe my cats necks from Hartz flea collars.

I too have fallen victim! I have the sweetest little 6mo old kitten named Esme. Yesterday, I purchased Hartz UltraGuard Plus drops for cats. I was very careful to place the meds right at the base of the skull between the shoulders. I think there was too much in the bottle as it started to drip down her back some and, of course, she immediately turned and licked at it. She almost immediately started drooling excessively and shaking her head really hard like she was trying to get rid of a bad taste. After frantically searching the web (as vet was already closed), I saw that this is pretty common and that I should bathe the stuff off her. Esme ended up with two baths and I went as far as to shove a soacked paper towel into her mouth to try to get the poison off her tounge.

She was a little shocked and out of it which I felt was normal for awhile (what cat isn’t traumatized after two baths in a row). However, she is usually a prett frisky kitten at night and all she did was sleep. That is when I started to get worried. Last night, around 3:30 am she woke me up while moving closer to me. She purrs very loud when pet, but this time it was just a low hum and she was shivering off and on like she was cold. She also was constanty shaking her head really hard as if to get rid of something.

This morning (Sunday) I started doing more research and that is when I found this website. I am HORRIFIED that this product is on the market. I am TERRIFIED that I have inadvertently caused serious harm to my kitten when I was trying to bring her relief!

Today, Esme just looks like she isn’t at 100%. She is playing, but not as “frisky” as usual. I’m scared so I called the ER VET. I just got off the phone with them and they were very familiar with the Hartz brand and what it does to animals. She basically told me that the issues can progress and I should keep a close watch on Esme, but that if I see any seizures I should bring her in. I pray this doesn’t happen and may take her to her regular vet tomorrow anyway to have her blood checked out.

This is a deplorable product and I hope a law suit is immenent in getting the company shut down ad the products off the shelves!